HECTOR BELLERIN posted a defiant message to Arsenal fans after suffering his worst game for the club.
The Spanish right-back, who has become a star since emerging as a first-team regular, was at fault for two goals in the terrible 3-3 draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night.
Bellerin allowed Charlie Daniels to cut inside too easily for the first and was shoved off the ball – although he may have been fouled – for Ryan Fraser’s third.
Arsene Wenger’s side managed to earn a point after being three goals down but now find themselves eight points off leaders Chelsea having played a game more.
In a terrible night on the South Coast, Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey got in a row, Olivier Giroud was slammed by fans for his celebration and Sanchez threw his gloves on the floor at full time.
After the game Bellerin took to Instagram to post a video of UFC star Dominick Cruz.
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Cruz was last week beaten by Cody Garbrandt for the Bantamweight title, ending a winning run that had started back in March 2008.
Cruz is now facing questions over whether his career has ended.
On the video Cruz is asked about a tough defeat.
He said: “Loss is part of life, if you don’t lose you don’t grow.”
The Arsenal defender captioned it with: “Sums up how I feel. Great fight from the team at a tough ground.
“Disappointed but we keep moving forward!”
Arsene Wenger later revealed that Bellerin had been playing with a knock and was unsure if he would be able to play.
The Frenchman also blamed a packed Christmas fixture list for the draw.
“We had three or four players we had to play tonight that we had to wait until the warm-up to see if they could play,” said Wenger.
“Hector Bellerin had a knock so he was uncertain to play, and that’s the problem with only 48 hours (between games); you have to play some players again.
“Laurent Koscielny too, and we had Gabriel (Paulista) that we didn’t start in the end.
“And then I didn’t start Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because I didn’t take a gamble with him, because I didn’t know who we’d have to take off.
“This complicates the job a lot, but we have to shut up and cope with it.”
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